Planting tulips in spring: when and how to plant in the Moscow region?

Tulips are most often planted in the fall. During the winter, the plants manage to accumulate enough strength for spring flowering. But what if tulip bulbs appeared in the spring?

Using the tips from our article, you will learn how to properly plant tulips in spring so that they bloom immediately.

Design solution combining tulips with other plants

So that the flowerbed does not look the same type, in addition to the already planted tulips, you can plant other flowers that will add contrast. Given the short life span of their stems and miniature buds of ornamental plants, they are able to compensate for the "loss of their former abundance."

The following are very popular:

1. Hyacinths.
2. Forget-me-nots.
3. Daisies.
4. Pansies.
5. Primroses.
6. Muscari.
7. Lush ferns.
8. Hosts.
9. Rhododendron.
10. Boxwood greens.

Flowering order of the main species:

1. Kaufman tulips.
2. Foster's tulips.
3. Greig's tulips.
4. Early common.
5. Terry early.
6. Darwin's Hybrids.
7. Tulips Triumph and Rembrandt.
8. Green-blooming.
9. Late regular and terry.
10. Lily flowers and parrots.
11. Fringed.

Two opinions

Rudbeckia long-term planting and care

There are two points of view regarding the choice of the date for planting: some say that the tubers should be planted in the spring, when other flowers and vegetables are planted, while others argue that this process is advisable to be carried out in the fall. Be that as it may, but you should familiarize yourself with the benefits of both spring and autumn planting.

Did you know? The word "tulip" has a Turkic origin and common roots with the word "turban". The shape of the flower really resembles this national headdress.

Spring benefits

Are tulips planted in spring? Experts say yes. However, with the wrong planting, you can either not wait for the flowers, or there will be too few of them. Yes, and you need to store the bulbs under certain conditions so that they do not start to germinate in the warmth.

To speed up the flowering of spring-planted bulbs you can perform the following series of actions:

• the bulbs must be put in the refrigerator overnight before planting (but not in the freezer);
• the next day, treat them with a weak solution of potassium permanganate;
• you need to plant no later than April.

Why autumn?

Homeland of some types of tulips

- Middle Asia. There, in early spring, they cover the mountain slopes and fields with a colored carpet. Moreover, as soon as summer comes, the flowers immediately dry up, throw off the petals and only the tuber remains from the plant. In the fall, it puts out new roots, which in winter provide the bulb with nourishment so that it blooms again in the spring.

Cultivars of this flower have the same life cycle as wild species. Therefore, it is believed that they are best planted in the fall.

Will tulips planted in spring bloom

Opinions differ as to whether the tulips that were planted in spring will bloom this season.

Some gardeners assure that flowering in this case can only be expected next year, since the flower buds of the bulbs simply do not have time to ripen.

Others believe that knowing the correct agricultural techniques and the secrets of the preliminary preparation of the bulbs, you can plant tulips in the spring, hoping to see them in all their glory this year. However, the buds will appear on them later than usual - not earlier than June. In addition, the flowering of these tulips will not be as abundant and friendly as those that are traditionally planted in autumn.

Tulips planted in spring can bloom in the current season, but much later than usual and not too abundantly

Tulip planting methods

Barberry - planting and caring for a shrub

In addition to planting in holes, there are other options for growing tulips - in a basket, on a net or in decorative boxes.

Planting in a basket. There are special containers for planting bulbs on sale. Thanks to them, planting tulips is much easier. You don't have to bend over each time to grab the next few bulbs. When using such a basket, you only have to bend over once - to bury the container in the ground. Another advantage of this method is that all plants can be arranged in a flower bed according to varieties, and they will definitely not get confused. And the presence of sides (10-12 cm) serves as additional protection against rodents. To dig out the basket, it is enough to pry its corner with a pitchfork, and it will be on the surface along with all the contents. If you are using containers with large holes in the bottom, aim the forks below the bottom to prevent small bulbs from popping out through the holes.

Landing on plastic nets. These are nets in which potatoes, carrots and other vegetables are sold. The meaning of this "invention" is to protect against vole mice. In the designated place, it is necessary to remove the soil to the desired depth and level the bottom. And then the cut mesh is placed so that its edges protrude above the surface of the groove for landing, and covered with sand by 2-3 cm

The next task is to arrange the bulbs and carefully sprinkle them with earth. Finally, they hide the edges of the mesh in the ground so that they do not spoil the look of the flower bed.

In decorative boxes and vases

If your plans include decorating the garden with boxes of flowers, choose short tulip bulbs in the fall. Plant them several at a time in plastic pots or any other container (such as cut-off water jars) with lots of drainage holes. Dig into the ground or leave in a cold basement. In spring, place in decorative containers and arrange in the garden.

One more way of planting tulips can be distinguished - for distillation for the holidays. In this case, you need to act somewhat differently.

Forcing tulips for spring holidays in 6 steps A bouquet of tulips that you grow yourself in mid-February is quite real. The main thing is to properly organize the forcing of the bulbs. We will show you how to do this.

There is nothing difficult in planting tulips, no. Many do this without sticking to any technology. But if this is your first acquaintance with bulbs or if you want to do everything "according to science", our recommendations will help you get a bright flower garden in spring.

Nature will give the right answer

To correctly answer this question, it is worth observing how tulips grow in nature. Once you understand the natural rhythm of wild flowers, you can easily determine the ideal time to plant your bulbs.

Most varieties of tulips are native to Central Asia. As a rule, these plants are found here in sandy and stony deserts, in steppes, crevices of rocks, on scree, in arid mountain areas and foothills. It is worth noting that in early spring these areas simply amaze with their unique beauty. After all, it is at this time that tulips bloom. Photo confirmation of this. Flowers cover the deserts and slopes of the mountains of Central Asia with a variegated living carpet.

When the chill of spring turns into summer heat, tulips wither and dry up. All the life of these plants is concentrated in the bulb. Tulips go deep into the ground. When autumn comes with its coolness, the plant forms new roots. This will allow it to bloom in the spring immediately upon awakening.

As you can see, tulips bloom in their natural environment only after winter. Colds are necessary for the plant to collect useful components in the bulb, which have a great influence on processes such as germination and flowering. Do you think tulips can be planted in spring? Or should we wait until autumn?

If you do decide to plant tulips in the spring, then you should consider some rules. First of all, it is necessary to determine the optimal time for disembarkation. Pay attention to the soil temperature first. At a depth of 10 centimeters, it should be between 7 and 9 ° C. If the temperature is lower, then the planting of tulips in the spring in the ground is shaded. The plant simply won't survive.

If you are planting flowers in the fall, the soil temperature should be the same. If it is higher, then the tulips will sprout. With the first frost, new shoots will die. If the temperature is lower, then the plant simply will not have time to put down strong roots. As a result, in the spring the plant will lag far behind in growth, and during the flowering period, its buds will be small and unattractive.

It takes 20 to 30 days for tulips to take root. In this case, there should be optimal air humidity. If in the fall the recommended dates were simply missed, then you can plant the bulbs until the first days of December. To prevent the plant from freezing over the winter, cover the flower bed with straw, dry leaves or spruce branches. According to experienced gardeners, planting tulips in the ground in spring is not desirable.

Collection and storage of bulbs

Tulips can grow in one place for 3 years, but it is better to replant them.

To transplant the bulbs, they are dug out of the ground in June and planted again in the fall. There are several reasons for this:

1. Tulips that grow in one place all the time grow and bloom worse.
2. By digging up the bulbs, you can separate young babies from their mothers, which will allow them to grow better first. This is how tulips can be propagated.
3. Digging up the bulbs will help protect them from excess moisture.
4. Digging will separate diseased samples from healthy ones so that they do not infect them. Sick specimens should not be rescued, they should be thrown into the trash bin, they should not be put into compost.

The bulbs should be stored in a dry place. Once dug out of the ground, they are dried in a box or other flat container in a shady place, preferably under a well-ventilated roof. They should be loosely spread out during drying in one layer. After drying, they are cleaned of the remaining dirt and the babies are separated from the mother's bulbs. Then they are folded into a box where they are stored until planting. The optimum storage temperature is 10 degrees.

When is the best time to plant tulips in spring

Planting bulbs at this time of year should be as early as possible, depending on climate conditions.

The best option is to plant the bulbs in small pots or special containers that allow you to take the plants off the street on frosty nights and days, but as soon as the temperature returns to normal, you can safely transplant them to their permanent habitat.

The first sprouts are very sensitive to low temperatures, so it is important to check the temperature of the soil before planting tulip bulbs outdoors in spring - it may be too low. If at a depth of ten centimeters it reaches at least seven to nine degrees of heat, then you definitely can not worry about the sprouts.

However, a lot depends on the chosen variety - tulips are late, and sometimes early

If at a depth of ten centimeters it reaches at least seven to nine degrees of heat, then you definitely can not worry about the sprouts. However, much depends on the selected variety - tulips are late, and sometimes early.

Do not forget that different regions of Russia have their own climatic conditions, therefore, when choosing a date for planting tulips, they should also be taken into account:

• in the south of Russia, in the Kuban, when the weather is good and there are "February windows", it is allowed to plant tulips from February-March;
• for the Moscow region, the middle zone of our country, the optimal period is April;
• in regions where the climate is more severe, the schedule should be moved forward by one month.

Whenever tulips are planted, it is important to finish before the month of July, because they cannot be planted in summer.

How to prepare tulip bulbs for planting in spring?

Before planting bulbs in the spring, they certainly need to perform procedures that strengthen their "immunity". For this, the bulbs, before planting, must be placed in a vegetable box at the bottom of the refrigerator, here the temperature indicators can be approximately + 4C. When the hardening of the bulbs is completed, the planting raw materials must be qualitatively protected from possible diseases and pests. For this, the planting material is placed in a slightly pinkish mixture of pharmacy potassium permanganate for half an hour. It must be remembered that the healthiest and strongest tulips can only be grown from quality bulbs. Before planting bulbs in open field beds in the spring, you need to make an inspection for the integrity of the upper casing layer, as well as the absence of infections with fungal diseases. "Defective" planting raw materials can be the reason for obtaining poorly flowering and stunted plants. Also, the pre-planting use of a pharmacy broth of celandine has proven itself excellent, in which you need to soak the tulip bulbs for half an hour, and then dry them a little at room temperature.

How to plant tulips correctly in autumn

So let's take a look at the main points.

Priming

Before planting, you should prepare a flower bed in a sunny area with a low groundwater level, protected from winds and loose sandy, slightly alkaline or neutral soil.

Clay must be diluted with sand.

Sour soil before planting should be limed - you can add 500 grams of chalk or slaked lime per 1 m2. It all depends on the acid level.

The substrate in the flowerbed must be well dug up, adding per 1 m2 of:

• 150 gr of wood ash;
• 20 liters of peat;
• 50 grams of superphosphate;
• 30 grams of potassium sulfate;
• 25 grams of ammonium nitrate.

It is forbidden to add fresh manure, as this will provoke a burn of the root system and infection with a fungus. Mineral formulations with chlorine are prohibited.

In order to correctly plant the corms of flowers in the ground, it is necessary to do everything according to the scheme: the depth of planting is equal to 3 diameters of the corms.

Small bulbs are arranged to a depth of 80 mm, and large ones - 120-150 mm.

However, when landing, the composition of the soil should be taken into account:

1. On light soils, the raw materials are arranged 30 mm deeper than the normal level.
2. On heavy - 30 mm smaller.
3. At a considerable depth, corms practically do not form children, and at a shallow one they can freeze.

It is also recommended to soak the corms in diluted potassium permanganate for 30 minutes before planting in the ground.

If the fall is not rainy, it is recommended to shed water in the pits or bed before planting.

Everyone has their own tastes, so you can plant flowers as you please, for example:

• along the paths in the garden;
• islands on the lawn;
• in a flower bed, together with other flower crops.

It is necessary to arrange tulip flowers in a row with an interval of 80-100 mm with a distance between grooves of at least 200-250 mm.

Up to 50 pieces can be planted per 1 m2.

When planting, it is advisable to powder the onion with wood ash, send it to a hole or row and see that there is no air pocket under the bottom.

The onion must be carefully squeezed into the ground, then sprinkled on all sides with sand, peat + humus composition.

At the end of the work, the land must be crushed and the territory shed.

Tulip care

Provide enough light for planted young

After landing

Regular watering as close to the root as possible. Humidity should be moderate after watering

It is unacceptable to flood plants - in a viscous soil, the risk of rotting of the root system increases. Weed removal. Gently loosen the soil as it hardens from irrigation. With the appearance of the first sprouts, top dressing (phosphorus, nitrogen and potassium in proportions 2: 2: 1). After sprinkling the dry mixture, spill the flower bed - with water, the minerals will reach the roots faster.

After flowering

1. Remove fallen leaves and petals.
2. If you plan to continue growing your favorite tulips, cut the plant heads a week after flowering. This technique will increase the mass of the bulbs - it is for their formation that vital juices will be redirected.
3. Wait for the complete yellowing of the stems on the faded tulips. Then you can cut the stems without negatively affecting the bulbs.
4. Choose a fine day to dig up and lightly dry your planting material for next season.

Planting by flowering time

In the case of planting tulips of the same species, the result will be the same - several weeks of flowering, and after the complete emptying of the flower bed. This is due to the short life cycle of the plant. To avoid an unpleasant nuance, it is recommended to plant your favorite flowers of different types.

All tulips can bloom at different times, which allows them to be divided into the following subgroups:

1. Early - The first buds appear at the end of March and continue to bloom until mid-April. They are resistant to light frost. As a rule, they have a small height and medium-sized buds.
2. Medium - begin their blooming period in mid-April and continue to delight observers in mid-May.
3. Late flowering - these tulips are the most suitable for amateur gardeners, as they have the longest flowering period (from May to mid-June). One caveat - they are picky about excess moisture and excess solar radiation.

How to plant tulips

The first thing to do is prepare an area for planting these amazing flowers. The ideal soil for tulips is highly drained, fertile, where water and air penetrate well, for example, sandy loam or light loamy.

When and how to plant tulips

But on clay, heavy soil, tulips can simply die, especially if there is stagnation of groundwater. In this case, the area where you are going to plant tulips needs to be raised by about 20 centimeters, and the groundwater will have to be diverted, and for this you need to dig grooves.

For tulips, it is simply vital that the soil is loose, otherwise the root system of plants will develop poorly, and this may mean that the plant itself will grow ugly and weak in the spring. Sand, peat and humus can be added to clay, heavy for planting soil

It is only advisable to add humus two years before planting tulip bulbs (the same applies to sawdust).

When and how to plant tulips

If your tulips are a little underdeveloped and grow poorly, then the salt in the soil may be the cause. In this case, you will have to take measures to neutralize the soil. If this is not done, then the plants will be attacked by various viruses. So, in order to neutralize the earth, it is recommended to use lime flour, slaked lime, wood ash. By the way, wood ash is also an excellent mineral fertilizer with calcium content. But lime fertilizers are poorly soluble in water and begin to interact with the soil very slowly.A positive result from them will be noticeable only in the second year after their introduction into the soil. Therefore, it is better to apply lime to the soil in the fall, after the entire crop has been harvested, during the cultivation of the land. If you want to speed up the action of lime, then you can water the soil with milk of lime (dilute 100 grams of calcium carbonate in 10 liters of water).

When to plant tulips

It is better to plant tulip bulbs from September 20 to October 5 (this is the best time for residents of central Russia). If the autumn is warm, then it is better to postpone the planting of tulips to the first decade of October.

When and how to plant tulips

How to plant tulips

If you do not know to what depth to plant tulip bulbs, then I will tell you now. Planting depends on the size of the bulb: for example, a 5 cm high bulb is planted to a depth of 15 cm.If the bulb is smaller, then the planting depth is also less

At what distance to plant tulip bulbs

Planting distance depends on the design of your flower garden, but there are a few basic rules to follow. Large bulbs are planted about 10 cm apart and the first bulb is planted at the very beginning of the row. The second row is made at a distance of 20 cm from the first and the first bulb is planted with an indent of 5 cm from the beginning of the row.

Tulips: planting bulbs and care

It is best to plant tulip bulbs in moist soil to help them root better. It is better to sprinkle the bottom of the planting groove with sand to create more comfortable conditions for the plants. In addition, the sand will serve as a depth marker when digging tulip bulbs.

When and how to plant tulips

Tulip bulbs can normally survive a temperature of -4, but if the temperature is more than -9 degrees, then this threatens the deformation of the flower, or its death. Therefore, it is better to cover the planting of tulips, especially if the winter is not very snowy (in this case, the ground freezes to a depth of 20 cm. You can cover tulips with fallen leaves, sawdust, peat or humus. Take the time to cover the tulip bulbs, and they will thank you for it magnificent flowers in spring.

Spring planting technology

Plot preparation

Where and how exactly tulips are planted is not so important. Each has its own plot, with a certain geometry, layout, and so on. But regardless of the place, be it a garden bed, a flower bed or something else, it is necessary to prepare the ground.

The earth is dug up with no less than a shovel bayonet. This is especially important, so it's worth clarifying. Even if last season the owner took care of the site, then part of the spores, weed roots, will still remain in the soil. They are mainly located up to 15 cm from the surface, that is, approximately where the bulbs will be. With the onset of warmth, everything will grow. Of course, weeds are unlikely to be able to "hammer" tulips, as they develop less intensively. But the fact that in the spring they will take some of the nutrients from the soil for themselves is a fact. As a result, instead of bright, beautiful flowers, the gardener will see faded, half-open buds - not to admire or donate.

Digging up the soil with a bayonet, the summer resident not only prepares it for loosening, but also “cleans” it. Having lifted the next layer of earth, it is immediately visible whether there are remnants of roots or other foreign fractions in it, which are not difficult to remove.

Easier with beds that were prepared in the fall. It is enough only to loosen such soil, and we can assume that it is ready for planting.

Bulb wells

An acceptable planting pattern is selected individually, and specific recommendations are inappropriate here. Therefore, it is worth recalling only the depth of the holes - about 8 ± 2 cm. When determining the interval when placing them on the garden bed, one should take into account not only the tulip variety, but also the specifics of the design of the territory. As a rule, the distance between adjacent pits is chosen no more than 8 cm. Alternatively, shallow trenches.

Planting tulips

After placing the tuber in the hole, it is sprinkled with earth, according to the soil level. It so happens that after loosening the soil is somewhat dry. In this case, the ground must be watered first. It is not necessary to irrigate the entire garden bed - just pour a little water into each hole.

You need to immerse tulip bulbs in the soil without any effort. Simply put, just lower and sprinkle with earth. Any attempt to press the tubers into the soil will damage the planting material.

Fertilization

In the spring, few people are involved in this, since basically all agricultural activities are carried out in the pre-winter period. But if last season the soil was not fertilized, then top dressing must be carried out. As soon as young shoots of tulips appear, they are watered with weakly concentrated solutions based on organic matter - a mixture of humus with mullein, wood ash, peat.

With a lack of trace elements in the soil (depleted land), it is advisable to add mineral fertilizers. By the way, they contribute to the more intensive development of any vegetation, not just tulips. But you need to be careful with them. An excess of such substances will negatively affect the further storage of the planting material.

That's all the secrets of planting tulips. These flowers are unpretentious, therefore, for their normal development, it is enough to follow the recommendations given in the article.

Spring planting of tulips in the ground

1. Make point holes or grooves on the prepared flower bed.
2. Spill with water. Watering should be moderate - it is unacceptable to create a swampy environment for the bulbs.
3. Place some river sand (2-3 cm thick layer) in each hole or at the bottom of the grooves - this will significantly improve drainage.
4. Place the bulbs in each hole or at the planned distance from each other.
5. Sprinkle the top with nutritious soil at ground level on the surface of the flower bed.
6. Gently rake the entire planting area, lightly tamping loose soil.
7. Water the entire garden twice, with a 10–20 minute interval between waterings. Moisture will evenly saturate the soil around each bulb, contributing to a better enveloping of the planting material with earth.

So, now the optimal conditions have been created for the growth of roots and the germination of the stem from the flower bud. On average, all bulbs will take root in the first 15–20 days. After another couple of weeks, the first shoots will appear above the ground.

Preparing for planting tulips in spring

How to prepare the soil for planting

In the spring, a tulip bed, located in a sunny place, is prepared as soon as the snow melts from it. The soil should be neutral or slightly alkaline. Sandy loam soils are best suited, into which wood ash (about 200 g / m2) and rotted compost are added for digging. If the soil is heavy, then river sand, loose fertile soil and compost are added to it.

Next, they dig up the earth and make grooves, the distance between which for large bulbs should reach 25-30 cm, and for children 10-15 cm is enough.For better drainage, river sand can be placed on the bottom of the grooves with a layer of 3 cm.

Immediately before planting, the soil is spilled with a hot solution of potassium permanganate to disinfect it.

How to prepare the bulbs

If tulip bulbs were recently purchased or stored all winter, then before planting tulips in the spring, they must be kept in the refrigerator overnight (not in the freezer!).

Before planting, the bulbs must be peeled from dense peels and inspected for defects. Removing the peel will not only help to detect flaws and discard unusable specimens, but also contribute to better nutrition of the bulb.

Immediately before planting on a flower bed for 30 minutes, the seed is soaked in a pink solution of potassium permanganate or celandine broth.

Processing tulip bulbs before planting

There is an unspoken rule among flower growers that purchased bulbs must be pickled.

Because we cannot know if everything is exactly right with them, even if they are visually healthy.

You never know what bacteria and fungi can be on them. Therefore, in order not to bring any byaka into your garden, treat the planting material with Maxim or Fitosporin according to the instructions.

Maxim is a stronger drug, it is suitable if you notice some kind of small mold or suspicious stains.

Fitosporin is weaker, for healthy bulbs, it insures them from rot and fungi.

You can also pickle in a pink solution of potassium permanganate.

If you have your own bulbs, then you can decide if you want to pickle them. It is better, of course, not to be lazy and do it just in case.

Disembarkation rules

When an autumn planting of tulips is planned, preparation for it begins in advance.

Seat selection

For flowers, it is better to choose sunny places, they tolerate partial shade, but only on condition that the soil is loose, fertile with fertilizers. Need a flat area

This is important, because even in small pits, rainwater will accumulate, and its excess is destructive. If the drainage is weak, then it is strengthened with fine gravel or sand to prevent festering

One more point: the site should not be blown through, sharp, strong, especially cold gusts of wind cannot be tolerated by the plants.

Ground requirements

Best of all, the plant takes root and blooms on neutral or slightly alkaline soils. The ideal pH is 6.5 to 7.8. On acidic ones, the number of blind buds will increase significantly. If the acidity is increased, before planting flowers, it is necessary to neutralize this factor by liming. More suitable for growing loamy or sandy loam soils. Heavy clay soils are diluted with coarse sand and manure.

Preparation

To properly plant a plant in open ground in the fall, preparation begins in advance:

• 1-2 months before the planned landing, the earth should be dug to a depth of 30 cm;
• at the same time, the soil is fertilized: you can use ready-made fertilizers for bulbous plants or make a soil mixture yourself.

For self-preparation of fertile land, compost or rotted manure (2 buckets), chalk or dolomite flour (0.5 kg), wood ash (200 g), double superphosphate (50 g), ammonium nitrate (25 g), potassium sulfate ( 30 g). This proportion is calculated for 1 m2. Additionally, you can add 100 g of compound fertilizer. After preparation, the land is left before sowing flowers in the fall.

Important: it is forbidden to use fresh manure as fertilizer. Such fertilization provokes rotting and fungal diseases.

Experienced gardening tips

Experienced flower growers are not afraid to plant tulips in spring and know how to get them to bloom in the coming summer. Here are some tips they can give:

• a month before planting in open ground, you can "distill" the bulbs by placing them in a container or box, half filled with a nutrient substrate, sprinkle on top with a layer of earth 5 cm and keep indoors in a sunny place;
• large specimens should be planted in open ground one at a time, small ones can be placed 5-7 pieces in one hole;
• when preparing the bed for planting, in no case should fresh manure be added as fertilizer - this can contribute to the defeat of the planting material by the fungus;
• you can determine how deep to plant tulips by eye: each bulb must be buried in the soil for three of its sizes;
• planting material cannot be pressed into the soil - there is a risk of damaging the emerging root system;
• it is unacceptable to plant tulips in the same area for more than 5 seasons in a row.

How to store tulips before planting

So, you have acquired the bulbs of this beautiful plant.

Of course, they must be healthy, beautiful, free from damage and mold. Choose only these!

Perhaps you have your own, dug up for storage.

Then, most likely, you are not a beginner and you know that we keep the planting material warm until autumn, at a temperature of about 20-25 degrees, in a dark and dry place.

It is warm and dry storage that allows the tulip to lay a flower bud for future lush flowering.

Therefore, you do not need to put the bulbs in a cold cellar or refrigerator, otherwise in the spring they will give you tops without a flower.

And just a week before planting, we naturally lower the temperature to prepare them for planting in cool ground. What does naturally mean?

This means that we leave them on a loggia or in an unheated country house, at a temperature of about 15 degrees.

Pros and cons of planting tulips in spring

Since tulips bloom in early spring, they should be planted in the fall. Winter for them is not a hibernation time; during the cold period, the processes of preparation for flowering take place in the bulbs. If you keep the bulbs in relative warmth in winter, they may not die, but if planted in spring, they will not be able to bloom. Therefore, if for some reason the autumn planting fell through, you should not throw out the bulbs, but in winter they must be kept in suitable conditions, and in the spring they must be planted as early and correctly as possible.

The bulbs during spring planting will surely take root and give foliage, but the issue of flowering this year will remain: for this to happen, not only the work of a grower is needed, but also luck.

The fact is that for the ripening of the flower bud, the bulbs need to be in the cold for a certain time, which is realized by the autumn planting. For successful flowering, the duration of the cold period should be significantly more than a month. Therefore, for starters, bulbs purchased in late autumn or winter, you just need to put in the refrigerator or cellar, wrapping each one individually in paper. And even after that, plant the bulbs in the ground as early as possible, as soon as it thaws slightly. If this is not possible, you can plant them in pots and keep them at a moderate temperature, and carefully transplant them into a flower bed in the spring.

Thus, there are probably no advantages to spring planting of tulips: the only positive point is that, in principle, this can be done. Cons - no guarantee of flowering, weakness of flowers and short flowering and the difficulty of storing planting material. In addition, tulips planted in spring require enhanced feeding.

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When to plant tulip bulbs in autumn

The autumn planting of the bulbous crop guarantees successful flowering in the next garden season. But this must be done within strictly defined terms. Let's figure out when to plant tulips in the fall so that they have time to take root and prepare for wintering in open ground.

After planting, the bulb begins to actively build up the root mass. To do this, she needs about 2 weeks under favorable environmental conditions. Accordingly, if the weather is dry, then it is necessary to provide watering of the soil 2 times a week. The soil structure should be loose and free from weeds. After 2 weeks, the growth of deciduous vegetative mass begins. If it appears above the ground, it will worsen the condition of the plant during the period of winter dormancy. Therefore, the answer to the question of when to plant tulip bulbs in autumn is something like this:

• 3 weeks before the expected precipitation in the form of snow cover;
• no later than mid-October in the middle zone and the Moscow region;
• no later than the end of September in the climate of the Urals and Siberia.

Remember that by the end of the tulip root system, the soil temperature at the planting depth should not drop below 8 degrees Celsius.This period lasts approximately 18 - 21 days.

Landing dates according to the lunar calendar and in different regions

The period when tulips can be planted depends on the region in which the plant is sown:

• southern regions - February or March;
• Middle Strip - April;
• northern territories - May.

According to the lunar calendar, it is recommended to land on 23 or 24 February, from 21 to 26 March, from 17 to 24 April, or from 19 to 21 May. In order for the bulbs to take root, the procedure should be completed before July. At the same time, an important condition for successful germination is a suitable soil temperature at a depth of 10 centimeters, which should exceed 9 degrees.